A few weeks ago I told you about El Paso’s Nicky Thrasher Adams being named 2015 women’s soccer Coach of the Year in Conference USA after leading Rice University to a school record 14 victories while 
winning the 2015 conference championship.
Now she has received an even greater honor – as an athlete. She’s been inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Lettermen’s Association Hall of Fame.
Can you believe? It’s true.
Nicky, the daughter of former Sunland Park Racetrack jockey Jeff Thrasher, was an All-American soccer player for the Aggies and helped lead them to three conference titles and an Elite 8 appearance. She finished her Texas A&M playing career near the top of virtually every Aggie offensive category.
She now joins the greatest athetes in the history of the school, stars like John David Crow, for instance. What an honor.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Vince Lombardi gained fame as coach of the Green Bay Packers. As a college player, he was a member of “The Seven Blocks of Granite,” so-called because of the linemen’s outstanding defensive performances. Can you name the school?
GOLF IS NOT only a fascinating sport, it’s a great way to raise funds for worthy causes. Two of those are coming up.
First will be the 6th annual First Tee Desert Classic, sponsored jointly by the Rotary Club of West El Paso and the First Tee of Greater El Paso.
It’ll be held Saturday, Sept. 19, on the Sunrise Course at Underwood Golf Complex.
First Tee of Greater El Paso is a national non-profit youth organization where the skills and core values are taught through the game of golf.
Kristi Albers, the Grand Lady of El Paso Golf and the only El Paso born woman to win a LPGA golf championship, heads the program.
There are three ways you can help: Provide prizes, become a sponsor or play in the tournament.
For more information visit the Rotary Club of West El Paso website at rotarywestelpaso.org or Mrs. Albers at kristeealb@yahoo.com. You can also call Kristi Albers at 915-252-6511 or Carol Lewis at 915-544-5205.
You’ll be doing the youths of El Paso a great service.
THE OTHER outstanding benefit golf tournament coming up is the Moye’s Boys Jefferson High School Foxes 5th annual Golf Tournament on Oct. 16. It, too, will be held at Underwood Golf Course.
The Moye’s Boys Foundation, named after late former coach, teacher and principal H. R. Moye, raises funds to assist students who are in need. In the past the foundation has provided glasses, shoes, clothing, medical help and school supplies to students in need.
This year, the tournament is honoring Isaac “Ike” Camacho, a Vietnam War hero who was held as a prisoner of war for 22 months in the jungles of Cambodia.
Captain Camacho is the recipient of several medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts.
He was captured when he returned to his camp to help other American soldiers but found the camp had been overrun. He later escaped, becoming the first serviceman to successfully escape a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
By participating in the tournament you’ll not only have a lot of fun, you’ll be helping young students and honoring an exceptional local war hero.
For more information contact Frank Maldonado at 915-474-1946, Sal Samaniego at 915-592-0076, Ret. USMC Col. Luis Juarez at 915-593-0468 or Tony Robles at 915-256-0031. You can also email fwleesales@gmail.com.
TRIVIA answer: Fordham University.
